Max Temp
15th : 12.3
23rd : 11.6
21st : 13.9
28th : 16.5
24th : 23.6
26th : 22.6
26th : 22.5
15th : 22.1
20th : 20.5
8th : 19.4
4th : 16.7
28th : 13.4
Min Temp
8th : -4.1
12th : -2.7
5th : -1.8
18th : 1.4
13th : 1.8
3rd : 8.0
4th : 9.8
31st : 7.2
18th : 6.2
21st : 1.1
28th : -4.3
25th : -4.8
Av. Min
1.2
2.9
3.6
5.6
8.4
11.6
13.9
13.3
11.6
8.8
4.9
1.2
7.3
Av. Max
8.1
8.8
10.4
13.5
15.5
19.4
19.9
19.4
18.0
15.5
11.1
7.3
13.9
Rainfall
115.2
116.6
89.1
36.1
79.2
47.6
79.6
115.6
106.4
118.0
168.6
48.1
1120.1
Wettest Day
5th : 21.4
3rd : 21.6
29th : 25.1
6th : 8.1
7th : 17.2
7th : 24.1
1st : 27.6
25th : 45.4
22nd : 23.1
2nd : 38.6
7th : 23.7
27th : 10.6
2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Year
Max. Gust
12th : 44
26th : 33
31st : 50
2nd : 30
29th : 28
14th : 27
15th : 34
23rd : 27
14th, 24th :27
9th : 34
11th : 47
19th : 42
Record Breaking Average Temperatures
January 4.6 - Old Record 4.8 in 1997
March 7.0 - Old Record 7.5 in 1996
November 8.0 - Old Record 8.5 in 1993
December 4.3 - Old Record 5.5 in 1996
The average temperature for 2010 was 10.6,
easily beating 11.0 in 1996.
Snow Fell on 16 days - (previous record 5 in 1997, 2005 & 2009)
Ground Snow covered @ 0900 on 9 days - (previous record 2 in 2009)
Air Frosts 46 - (previous record 20 in 1996)
November saw minimum temperatures of -4.3C on 28th & -3.8C on 29th
My previous record was -1.5C on 22/11/1993 & 18/11/95
The Penzance record being -2.2C on 25/11/1923!
Data for 2010 - 2015
Penzance, Cornwall
Av. Min
1.2
5.9
4.6
7.9
10.0
10.8
12.5
12.3
12.9
10.8
9.9
6.9
9.0
Rainfall
115.2
91.4
34.6
26.5
53.6
91.3
50.0
57.4
79.0
107.0
71.3
190.9
989.9
Wettest Day
5th : 21.4
18th : 16.1
29th : 9.8
30th : 7.7
1st : 30.4
11th : 28.0
18th : 8.7
3rd : 19.2
20th : 17.9
24th : 29.9
16th: 15.5
12th: 29.2
Max. Gust
12th : 44
5th : 37
10th, 31st : 31
11th : 32
2nd, 26th : 38
18th : 34
6th, 8th : 29
8th : 28
18th : 37
6th : 34
29th: 41
15th: 52
Max Temp
15th : 12.3
24th : 13.6
16th : 16.3
21st : 19.9
7th, 20th : 16.9
3rd : 24.2
26th : 21.8
1st, 21st : 20.1
2nd : 20.9
1st : 20.9
12th, 13th: 16.1
3rd: 13.2
Min Temp
8th : -4.1
8th : 0.2
4th : -1.2
4th : 3.2
25th : 4.8
10th : 6.0
3rd : 8.3
30 : 6.4
23rd : 8.7
28th : 4.2
7th: 1.6
10th: 1.8
Av. Max
8.1
11.3
12.0
15.7
15.5
17.2
19.1
18.8
18.1
16.0
14.3
11.0
14.9
2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Year
Looking out to sea from Penzance
Unusual lighting in a bitterly cold spell late November 2010
Av. Min
6.6
4.4
6.8
5.8
9.0
11.6
12.6
14.5
10.9
9.1
6.8
5.7
8.7
Rainfall
71.6
51.9
23.4
158.5
43.6
113.8
141.4
135.3
69.9
197.9
194.6
243.3
1445.2
Wettest Day
29th : 21.5
4th : 19.5
3rd : 10.5
29th : 32.4
26th : 13.1
6th : 22.1
6th : 46.8
15th : 19.2
23rd : 22.3
10th : 39.2
24th : 48.5
21st : 44.2
Max. Gust
5th : 50
18th : 36
7th : 35
18th : 46
17th : 32
8th : 44
7th : 31
15th : 38
27th : 35
5th : 39
24th : 49
27th : 44
Max Temp
2nd, 19th : 12.7
21st : 13.2
29th : 18.9
26th : 14.6
25th : 24.0
26th : 19.6
25th : 24.6
10th : 23.3
8th : 20.2
8th : 19.0
14th : 14.4
21st : 13/1
Min Temp
17th : 0.3
3rd : -4.8
18th : 1.4
6th : 1.3
6th : 1.7
19th : 7.5
21st : 8.7
31st : 10.2
22nd : 6.0
30th : 4.6
18th : 1.1
6th : -0.4
Av. Max
11.0
9.7
12.9
12.1
15.7
16.8
18.9
19.4
17.0
14.7
11.6
10.9
14.2
2012
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Year
Hrs. Sun **
41.8
65.0
144.2
141.1
206.2
121.2
207.9
157.8
153.8
97.2
56.9
39.2
1432.3
* March was the coldest since 1962 (Mean temperature 5.3C) It also had the lowest maximum & lowest minimum in my 22 years of records
Av. Min
5.6
4.4
3.4
5.7
7.7
11.1
14.1
13.9
12.2
11.6
6.4
5.6
8.5
Rainfall
135.7
64.7
116.7
38.2
99.1
58.5
47.3
83.8
85.1
194.7
123.8
177.6
1225.2
Wettest Day
17th : 26.5
9th : 16.0
21st : 39.3
13th : 6.7
14th : 27.8
21st : 9.3
24th : 19.5
4th : 26.5
8th : 15.1
27th : 38.0
10th : 38.2
23rd : 33.5
Max. Gust
26th : 44
5th : 49
21st : 37
1st : 39
14th : 48
23rd : 35
20th : 30
5th, 17th : 23
17th : 37
28th : 42
2nd : 49
27th : 48
Max Temp
5th : 12.8
16th : 12.0
8th : 13.9
25th : 14.7
31st : 17.7
8th : 21.3
13th : 27.7
28th : 22.2
5th : 20.4
7th : 19.8
8th : 14.9
10th, 12th : 13.5
Min Temp
21st : -0.3
23rd : 0.3
28th : -2.6
6th : -1.0
26th : 2.5
4th : 6.3
5th : 9.3
20th : 10.2
15th : 6.8
15th : 5.7
26th : -0.8
26th : 1.1
Av. Max
9.8
8.8
8.8
11.6
14.2
16.9
21.6
20.1
17.6
16.3
11.6
11.4
14.1
Hrs. Sun **
45.1
72.7
73.7
148.1
207.3
182.1
293.8
199.5
107.6
73.4
64.0
45.9
1513.2
2013
January
February
March*
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Year
** Sunshine figures from Alan Blake at Great Bosullow on the Penwith moors
4 miles NW of Penzance. See http://www.sunrecorder.net/ .
March 2014 figure understated due to S/W problems
Av. Min
4.9
5.2
5.8
7.3
9.5
12.1
14.5
12.4
12.5
11.3
7.1
5.3
9.0
Rainfall
256.4
191.0
106.4
66.7
84.1
63.3
21.3
126.2
6.8
113.3
184.9
95.0
1317.5
Wettest Day
31st : 29.7
27th : 31.8
24th : 27.1
26th : 13.9
25th : 20.4
25th : 18.5
4th : 10.2
1st : 25.6
25th : 3.8
5th : 19.8
6th, 13th : 26.8
11th : 13.9
Max. Gust
26th : 54
5th : 55
3rd : 38
27th : 34
10th : 44
4th : 32
17th : 30
10th : 35
17th : 31
21st : 40
7th : 43
11th : 43
Max Temp
5th : 12.9
18th : 12.7
9th : 14.7
18th : 15.8
17th : 19.5
22nd : 23.9
26th : 26.3
6th : 22.8
8th : 21.7
1st : 20.4
1st : 16.0
17th : 12.8
Min Temp
19th : 0.1
16th : 0.1
24th : 1.1
10th : 2.9
28th : 6.2
5th, 12th : 7.8
8th : 9.4
21st : 5.8
23rd : 7.1
7th : 6.2
25th : -0.1
29th : -1.8
Av. Max
10.7
10.6
11.3
13.7
15.8
19.4
21.3
19.2
20.0
16.4
13.2
10.7
15.2
2014
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Year
Hrs. Sun **
42.4
72.0
79.8
142.3
193.6
286.7
238.8
220.4
174.6
85.2
78.1
58.7
1672.6
Av. Min
5.1
3.5
5.3
6.8
9.1
11.5
13.4
12.8
10.9
9.5
9.5
10.7
9.0
Rainfall
187.7
109.4
73.0
21.5
84.3
45.9
117.8
162.9
69.1
66.1
142.8
167.2
1247.7
Wettest Day
7th : 27.1
22nd : 20.8
25th : 17.4
2nd : 4.0
4th : 18.0
1st : 19.1
23rd : 41.9
25th : 32.7
11th : 17.9
26th : 16.8
6th : 20.5
30th : 14.2
Max. Gust
15th : 54
24th : 46
31st : 46
18th : 32
5th : 42
2nd : 33
27th : 32
25th : 25
14th : 37
4th : 37
29th : 44
30th : 48
Max Temp
9th : 13.4
25th : 12.6
21st : 13.3
15th : 19.0
23rd : 20.2
30th : 23.6
19th : 21.4
8th, 12th : 20.8
10th : 20.1
2nd : 18.3
1st : 17.8
16th : 14.9
Min Temp
17th : -0.9
2nd : -1.0
22nd : 0.7
20th : 2.4
4th : 5.1
4th : 5.6
31st : 6.7
1st : 8.4
26th : 6.3
25th : 3.6
23rd : 0.8
9th : 5.7
Av. Max
10.4
9.4
11.0
13.8
15.1
17.8
19.2
18.8
17.3
15.6
13.9
13.3
14.7
2015
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Year
Hrs. Sun **
52.3
89.1
135.2
217.3
168.0
242.8
148.7
120.9
164.3
88.8
27.4
13.5
1468.3